0 US spelling of fibre optics
1 glass or plastic fibers used to send light that contains information or images around curves
Historically, the first extension was the use of fiber optics as wave guides, obviating the use of mirrors.
He predicted in 1983 that world's seas would be littered with fiber optics, five years ahead of the time that such a trans-oceanic fiber-optic cable first became serviceable.
Lamm first invented enough flexible fiber optics to reach this remarkable goal - transmitting optic images around curves.
The other ends of the fiber optics were fixed in aluminum tubes, attached to a plastic plate on the outside of the tank.
By 2005, thanks to fiber optics and digital satellite broadcasting, many households received several hundred channels.
The retina was illuminated by light from a fiber optics and photographed with a photomicroscope at 1.25 magnification.
When using miniaturized laser sources and fiber optics laser spectroscopy offers the possibility to develop compact laser sensors for various analytical applications.
This is especially relevant if tapered fiber optics are used, since there can be significant distortions introduced by the taper at the edges of the bundle.
